Peter Thorp is an independent arbitrator and arbitration counsel based in Paris.
He is a former partner of the law firm Allen & Overy LLP and was from 2005
to 2011 Managing Partner of Allen & Overy's Beijing and Shanghai offices
before joining the firm’s Paris office.
Peter has substantial experience in dispute resolution matters, and has acted for
a wide range of corporates and financial institutions in arbitrations seated in
Asia, the UK and continental Europe. Peter has also acted on investment treaty
arbitration matters related to China.
Peter Thorp
Contact
29 rue Louis Blanc
75010 Paris
France
[email protected]
Peter also sits frequently as an arbitrator, and is on the Panel of Arbitrators of
the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, the Singapore International
Arbitration Centre, the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration and
CIETAC, China's largest international arbitration commission. He has acted as
Sole Arbitrator, Co-Arbitrator and Chairman on a number of ICC, LCIA,
CIETAC, HKIAC, SIAC and ad hoc arbitrations.
Peter speaks (and writes) English, Mandarin and French and is qualified in
England and Wales, Hong Kong and New Zealand.
Career history
− Independent Arbitrator and Arbitration Counsel, Paris, since September
2013
− Partner, Allen & Overy LLP, Paris, 2012-August 2013
− Managing Partner, Allen & Overy LLP, Beijing, 2005-2011
− Part-time Lecturer, Université de Paris Dauphine, 2003-2004
− Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris, 1999-2004
− Solicitor, Freshfields, Hong Kong, 1995-1999
− Barrister & Solicitor, Simpson Grierson, Auckland, 1992-1995
− China Manager, Sandvik International AB, 1986-1989
− Consultant/Administrator, China New Zealand Agricultural Consultants
Limited, 1984-1986
Legal qualifications
− Admitted as Solicitor, Hong Kong, 2005
− Admitted as Solicitor, England and Wales, 2003
− Admitted as Barrister and Solicitor, New Zealand, 1992
− Admitted as avocat à la cour de Paris, 2014
Academic qualifications
− LLB (First Class Honours), University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1992
− Bachelor of Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 1981
Publications
− China Chapter of IBA Arbitration Guide, co-author, February 2012
− Transactional Dispute Management Special Issue on China, co-editor,
December 2010
− First ICC Award Enforced in China, Issue 6 of the International Law
Review, co-author, 2009
− International Arbitration in China, Global Arbitration Review, Special
Report, co-author, 2008
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− Corruption, Bribery and Criminal Law Aspects of Business Disputes,
Managing Business Disputes in Today’s China, Duelling with Dragons,
Kluwer Law International, co-author, 2007
− PRC Arbitration Law New Interpretation – One Step Forwards, Two Steps
Back?, Global Arbitration Review, Volume 1, Issue 4, co-author, 2006
Professional memberships
− Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
− Member, Panel of Arbitrators of the Hong Kong International Arbitration
Centre
− Member, Panel of Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration
Centre
− Member, Panel of Arbitrators of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for
Arbitration
− Member, Panel of Arbitrators of the China International Economic and
Trade Arbitration Commission
Languages
− English
− Chinese
− French
Nationality
− New Zealander